During December of 1937 and subsequent months in Nanjing (Nanking),
over 300,000 civilian and disarmed combatants were murdered by the Japanese
troops. The Japanese soldiers also gang-raped over 20,000 females, including
the seniors and minors, and robbed/destroyed countless valuable economic and
cultural properties. We are now especially angry that so far the Japanese
Government has still denied the facts of such terrible war crime committed by
their Imperial Army.

This poetry contest, presented by the Chinese Culture and Art League, Washington
Poetry Club and Chinese Writers Association in North America of the United
States Capital Chapter, encourages poets of all ages, genders, racial origins
and cultural spectrum to compose poems in English and classical Chinese
languages respectively for paying a tribute and memory to/of these victims, as
well as to numerous Western and Chinese unsung heroes who risked their lives at
time to save tens of thousands Chinese females and refugees in the Nanjing
(Nanking) Safety Zone set up by the American, German and other Western, and
local residents in Nanjing (Nanking), then the capital of China.

Pray for unvoiced victims of de unfairness.

May our poetry voice for human justness!

Categories/Rules/Presenter/Contributors/Deadline

1. English Category: There are no restrictions on its form and style.

2. Classical Chinese Category: Poetry could be in any formats and free
from choosing any styles of rhyming tones for 絶,律,詞,令,曲,賦.

3. The theme of the submitted poetry shall be centered on the human
tragedy of this part of war crime committed by the Japanese troops at Nanjing
(Nanking) from 1937 until the end of the World War II in 1945.

4. Entries are to be judged
anonymously. Name, any publishing
credits and all identifying information must be omitted from your entry under a
“word” attachment. All contacts/submissions
are to be conducted only via our online:

nanjing1937poetrycontest@gmail.com

Please clearly provide your entry category, poetry title,
name/sex/address/phone/email under your cover letter in your email with your
attached entry. Each entry has to be
your own original work that has never been published before. Simultaneous submissions to other publishers
or contests are not accepted for this contest.

5. The Chinese Culture and Art League, Washington Poetry Club and Chinese
Writers Association in North America of the United States Capital Chapter are
the co-presenters for this poetry contest (thereafter “the presenter”). We also welcome any kinds of financial and
technical support from individuals and organizations for this poetry contest,
for the purpose of raising the prize amount and increasing the number of prizes
for both category. We will acknowledge
our appreciation to all financial contributors and technical supporters at the
award ceremony. All financial donations
for this event will be issued a tax-deductible receipt by the Chinese Culture
and Art League accordingly. For
donations, please make it payable to: “Chinese
Culture and Art League”; mailing to:

Mr. Curt Hansen, Law Office

419 7th St NW, Suite 405, Washington, DC, 20004-2208

6. Deadline for submission: November 15, 2017

Prizes and Publication

•First Prize: No less than $1,000 for both English and Chinese
category. Update prize information will
be announced in due course.

•All authors whose entries that win prizes shall allow “the presenter”
to publish those prized entries on the presenter’s dedicated website, printed
program at the award ceremony and via various channels of the media. All finalists will also be recognized at the
award ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Judges

. Madame Grace Cavalieri, Producer: The Poet & The Poem, from The Library
of Congress on public radio